New cancer treatments

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Guests: David Porter, Lynn Schuchter

Immunotherapy is revolutionizing cancer treatment. Researchers have found ways to enable the body’s own immune system to battle cancer tumors and the effects have been startling. Either by tinkering with a patient’s T-cells or through drugs that rev up the immune response, the new therapies have significantly improved outcomes in a number of different cancers. This hour, breakthroughs in cancer treatment and care. Marty talks with DAVID PORTER, the Jodi Fisher Horowitz Professor in Leukemia Care Excellence in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and LYNN SCHUCHTER, chief of hematology oncology at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

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